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Table 7 Baseline mean (standard deviation) SF-36 physical component summary (PCS) and mental component summary (MCS) scores for patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease compared with data reported by Revicki et al. [35] and Hopman et al. [33]

From: The impact of illness in patients with moderate to severe gastro-esophageal reflux disease

SF-36 scale

GERD (this study)

Canadian population§ (N = 9,423)

US Population† (N = 2,474)

Clinical depression† (N = 502)

Diabetes† (N = 541)

Hypertension† (N = 2,089)

PCS

45.1 (n = 212) (8.7)

51.4* (8.5)

50.0* (10.0)

45.0 (12.1)

41.5* (11.3)

44.3 (10.8)

MCS

47.6 (n = 212) (11.0)

52.6* (8.5)

50.0* (10.0)

34.8* (12.2)

51.9* (9.6)

52.2* (9.3)

  1. *P < 0.001 compared to our GERD patients.
  2. § Data from Hopman et al.
  3. † Data from Revicki et al.